Explosive Blast

Skill is a Tier 2 skill unlocked for the Wizard at level 3, blasting a small area for high damage.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Explosive Blast Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
A blast of energy explodes at the target causing 10-16 damage in a small radius.
Skill Details:
Type:	Direct Damage
Quantity:	10 damage
Effect:	Circular AoE
School:	Arcane
Mana cost:	12
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	1.5 sec
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	Magic Weapon

The Wizard conjures volatile gasses to the physical realm, igniting with oxygen and creating a powerful blast in a very limited space.

Skill Design

In the BlizzCon 2009 demo, Flux never got to use this skill, [1], but from what he observed it worked something like a short range hand grenade; hitting for considerable damage, but only striking enemies in the immediate area.

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1: 10-16 damage.

Only Rank 1 is currently known.

Synergies

Explosive Blast benefits directly from the following traits:

• Glass Cannon: Increases damage done by spells and increases armor.
• Intimidation: Increases damage done and reduces vendor costs.
• Quickening: Increases spell casting speed.
• Beast Hunter: Damage bonus against beasts.
• Demonsbane: Damage bonus against Demons.
• Just...Stay...Dead!: Damage bonus against undead.
• Power Surge: Increase critical strike damage.
• Penetrating Spells: Reduces the resistances of your target to your spells by 20%.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Skill was first seen at BlizzCon 2009 in the gameplay demo available to visitors. It's assumed it's still in the game today.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Explosive Blast-specific gallery contents

References

• Full Wizard Skill Trees
• Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0007: Wizard
• Wizard Gameplay Report